Chicken & Bacon Cranberry Bake

Prep the chicken & bacon parcels

• Season the chicken thighs then wrap each one in 2 rashers Finnebrogue Naked Unsmoked Streaky Bacon.

Assemble & bake the traybake

• Slice the orange into rounds. Slice the red onion.
• Tip the gnocchi into a large baking dish, drizzle with a generous glug of oil and season with salt and pepper, toss together so the gnocchi is well coated.
• Scatter over the red onion and orange, then nestle the chicken & bacon parcels on top with the rosemary sprigs.
• Brush the chicken & bacon parcels with a little oil.
• Bake in the oven for 25 minutes.

Glaze the chicken & bacon parcels

• In a bowl mix together the cranberry sauce and balsamic vinegar - this is your glaze.
• After the traybake has been cooking for 25 minutes, take the dish out of the oven and brush the bacon with the cranberry glaze (we don’t add this sooner to avoid it burning).
• Pop back in the oven for another 8 - 10 minutes.
• Plate up, making sure you get all the gorgeous cooking juices from the tray, then tuck in and enjoy.